Exam question 1 · Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food

Identify the principal service rendered by the honeybee to the cultivation of fruit.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, render, cultivate · To what, where: principal service, fruit

This is exam question 1 of lesson 291 «Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 service	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 service	compound
4	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 service	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 honeybee	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 honeybee	det
8	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 cultivation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cultivation	det
11	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 honeybee	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 fruit	case
13	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cultivation	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal service		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent service=Theme
2	render	participle		the principal service not said here	by the honeybee to the cultivation of fruit	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	cultivate			fruit		nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The transfer of pollen between flowers, permitting the formation of fruit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 transfer	det
2	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pollen	case
4	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfer	nmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pollen	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 permitting	punct
8	permitting	permit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 transfer	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 formation	det
10	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 permitting	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 fruit	case
12	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 formation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	gerund		the formation of fruit					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent formation=Theme
2	transfer			pollen between flowers					nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The destruction of insects injurious to the leaves of fruit trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 destruction	det
2	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 injurious	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 insects	case
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 destruction	nmod
5	injurious	injurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 leaves	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leaves	det
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 injurious	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trees	compound
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leaves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy			insects					nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The enrichment of the soil of orchards by means of honey and wax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enrichment	det
2	enrichment	enrichment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 soil	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soil	det
5	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enrichment	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 orchards	case
7	orchards	orchard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 soil	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 means	case
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 honey	case
11	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wax	cc
13	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 honey	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the enrichment of the soil of orchards		of honey and wax	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	enrich			the soil of orchards		nom enrichment «act transitive»: of=patient
3	soil			orchards		nom soil «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The irrigation of blossoms by means of nectar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 irrigation	det
2	irrigation	irrigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 blossoms	case
4	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 irrigation	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	4 blossoms	nmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 nectar	case
8	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the irrigation of blossoms					of nectar	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	irrigate			blossoms					nom irrigation «act transitive»: of=patient

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